English Explanatory Dictionary

menezesite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium

Word forms

menezesite

Etymology

Named in 2006 by Daniel Atencio et al in honour of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho (1950-2014), Brazilian mineralogist and geologist who first found the mineral. Menezes + -ite

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